Yo Jamel, check this song out by Talking Heads... a lot of us have been asking for you to react to some Talking Heads so here’s a popular one to start with ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O52jAYa4Pm8.html
Lol some old hippie stuff before they lost every single brain cell.... I used to hear this on the radio, think this first time I hear since I was a kid.
Same I’m 65 this month, welp…leave it up to us ? after whining about plastic’s help ruining the world my paper waxed milk carton just went to plastic so please were not going to solve this problem in the world
it's because social issues haven't changed. I asked my dad few months ago when John Lewis died that is what is going on today the same as the 60's. His answer is basically, "it's worse".
@Jangler333 The relevance is the IRONY of his lyrics. I think the point he's making is no, you can't let someone else do it. He's not advocating that you should let someone else fight your battles.
@@kayakutah he is the messenger in the song,the relevance is he is tapping you on shoulder and saying what do you think,and now what do we do?,pass it on,this song is as fresh as tomorrow,and the same calamity in the world is still ongoing,and the same sinister crap is still manifesting to what?
Yeah, he was great!! I saw a Chicago Blues Festival on t.v. and when he came on all the other musicians playing there were standing in the wings watching him.
Alvin Lee was famous for his super fast playing, but listen again. His playing is screaming out, crying out, pleading, searching. Famous for his speed, underrated for his deep soulful playing. The way he solos behind the singing, responding to and amplifying the words. I hear this song again so many years later and now it makes me cry a little every time I hear it. It's a beautiful song, with beautiful playing, but a beautiful sad song. Jamel is the perfect reaction-audience for this song, since he's a loving soul and would for sure connect with this song. Wish I was there with you, Jamel. I know one thing I'd do to try and change the world - give you a big hug. Peace and Love to all...
Absolutely. A lot of guitarists can play fast. So what. Can they maintain a feel, create and maintain soulfulness at pace? Not many but Alvin was golden.
@@kingkongz88 Exactly. Shredders come and go. Give me a David Gilmour or a Carlos Santana or others who can make one note sing and penetrate right to your soul. Speed is nice. Great, even. All good players should be able to tap into it when that's the appropriate feeling for the moment. But it should never be the dominant focus of one's style. Speed is just one tool in the toolbox. It can be the right tool for the right job, but it's not the only tool to be used for all jobs. I'll never forget what someone told me when I was young and excitedly talking about some monster, super fast guitar player and some guy replied, "Doris Day could sing a mean C major scale - faster than anyone." He was being ridiculous and facetious, and yeah, that's when I got his point and learned that lesson. Speed shows an aspect of mechanical mastery of an instrument - hand-eye coordination, but has little to do with musical sense and creativity. Music is about communication and connection - both inward and outward (being able to connect and tap into your own feelings, and to connect with others - in the band, jointly creating with you, and the audience - a three-way connection/communication).
Alvin Lee's guitar licks were incredible; he took blues rock up a notch with those rocket-licks, but that's not the part of the song that makes this great. What makes it great was in the 2nd stanza where he'd make that guitar _weep_ in frustration and futility; every time I hear it I feel the same way and it has me on the edge of tears, why it is we can't figure all this out when Christ showed everybody the way by reciting one simple commandment: Love they neighbor as thyself. Moses gave us 10 commandments; Jesus only needed _ONE,_ and we can't even handle _that!_ That's the frustration and sadness I feel when Alvin makes that guitar _lament_ with grief.
Dazzling and hypnotic, this has gotta be a strong contender for the most intense rock song ever made. Instrumentally and vocally and lyrically forever relevant and sublime.
The sixties and seventies brought music with social commentary rather than simple odes to love and cars! (Addendum : Not that there’s anything wrong with odes to love and cars!)
I remember you getting me in to see him in Baltimore's COAST TO COAST night club, I still have his autograph that show! thank you again, you got us into so many concerts!
This is Rev. Olsen, my children say "dad we wish we grew up when you were a teen in the 70s and you say .Music is relevant , back then we sang more about love, today it's about the hood, and yo gee! you got a 9mm. unit man this dude's done me wrong. I'm gonna cap his A..yeah OK!
That lead guitar is so so good, that sound is just so amazing. I wish I could have heard them play live.. The music created back then dwarfs any of the crap that passes for music nowadays.
Alvin Lee embodied a kind of rock and roll coolness and masculinity that was (and is) relatively rare. You knew when you saw him in concert that you were in the presence of both a guitar hero and a man.
@MP 81,16,18 CATS It's those sneaky, subversive old school lyrics that change how you think. Well, that and truth, which is why power wants to suppress both.
This was released in 1971. The great guitarist Alvin Lee and Ten Years After. You must experience him playing the song “Goin’ Home” at Woodstock, it is legendary. Probably too long for here, so listen and watch in your own time. Please…You won’t believe it. Your reaction made me think of the band Spirit and their song “Nature’s Way”. Still relevant also. You won’t believe it…
Ha! I type my comment and scroll down and there's my comment with a different author. Kids - this is important - look for bits in RU-vid on Woodstock. The album was remastered in the last half-century and turned to shite. Sly Stone. Santana. Richie Havens opens the concert with a song he made up on the spot.
you ain't kidding. I've been drumming since 69, Chris I don't know your age, but my youngest son Kyle said, "What happened to music since the 70's. He was born in 93,
This song was released on the album A Space In Time in 1971…it’s sad to think that no one has figured it out yet…I have a clue however…it’s from living 70 years on this planet…the world’s inhabitants need to become less selfish…and more selfless! It’s not just about us first…it’s about putting others first! Thanks for sharing this incredible song from one of the most overlooked rock bands in the world: Ten Years After!
This song is hands-down, one of the most amazing songs of that era (Vietnam). Music today, if that's what you want to call it, can't touch old school music, in the substance/talent department. Thank you so much for reacting to this. 😊
This is classic 60’s rock music. 10 years after played at Woodstock in August 1969. One of the songs they played is called “I’m Going Home” and it’s Alvin Lee ( singer and lead guitar) having a good time doing a lot of vamping (improvising) on a mashup of old tunes mixed into the song.
Saw Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor(ex Rolling Stones) in the early 80’s ,great show, they did play “ I’m goin home” and it was EXCELLENT!!,Great memories. They opened up for Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio on their ” Mob Rules “ album tour. Dio was just Amazing live !!
I consider myself fortunate to have grown up with this music and these messages. I just wish the other people my age would remember the wisdom of our day!
A Million innocent Cambodians were murdered by the Communists in the 1970's. I wonder how they felt about those who sabotaged America's efforts to control the spread of Communism in S.E. Asia? Maybe the American G.I.'s were right, ..and the hippies were wrong! 🤔
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Can't get enough of it. It's still so relevant and probably will be after I'm long gone. Maybe someday......
Fifty+ years later and it still sends chills down my spine and brings tears to my eyes. Can't say that about many songs. Though from that era there was more than from any other era in my life.
Ive had many debates with young people when they complain my music is old and out of date, but the messages often are timeless regardless of when the song was written. Some things never change in society and thats why many of the messages in our "old" music are stiill relevant if not more relevant today. Theres a lot of pertinent foresight and wisdom to be found in many old songs if you just look for it. Great channel Jamal thanks for keeping some of the best music ever alive - great job.
they have a weak argument.... b/c lyrics were so deep in the 60's-70s, that even in mainstream top 40 songs, many of the songs had contemplative lyrics..... few to none have it now, let alone in the underground.... nows its techno loops w/ lyrics about chicks, money, my nails, my car or how I can F u or F u up.
We expected this type of greatness from all music back in the day ☮️ It was the standard & we were rarely disappointed 🔥🎸🎤🔥 I feel so privileged to have grown up when I did & would not trade it for anything ☮️💖
They say that because their music is designed and built for the waist down, where the "old" music engaged your brain as well as your body. Part of becoming conscious was hearing these songs. They made you THINK about things. They still do. I find today that I laugh at a lot of these lyrics and how foolish and naive they are. But, they're still great songs whose meanings change as we change. They are really part of us and our lives. It's a sad commentary on younger listeners who hear "old" instead of what the songs are about. That means they aren't hearing anything.
What you need to do, is make a list of some really old Children’s ha songs that they’ve heard of and ask them if they think they’re worthless. It doesn’t matter anyway. Good music is good music is good music is good music. It doesn’t go bad like food😆. It doesn’t have to have Any lyrics; the lyrics don’t have to be deep; it’s just a collection of sound put together well.
For a young dude in 68 (11 yrs) seeing what was going down in the world, these lyrics were as if he was reading my mind and soul. Thanks, Jamel - you put a lump in my throat with that time trip.
Alvin makes his guitar cry, then switches into a solo that, in my mind, is screaming out for help, and then back to crying. Man, the guy's work is timeless!
i've been listening to this song for decades and it almost brings me to tears to see you enjoying this song, so much. this song will always make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
You can’t imagine the joy I felt when I saw this video pop up in my timeline. TYA have been close personal friends of mine for almost two decades, and they deserve this spotlight. Great band, great songs! Thanks for sharing, Jamel
The same brother , I got chills listening to Alvin Lee & the group, the Guitar playing , the lyrics which are still relevant . Jamal reactions are always spot on . The whole back story on Alvin & the group is incredible. As you know Woodstock changed everything for Alvin & the band , after they played going home ( wow) R.I.P. Alvin www.loudersound.com/amp/features/the-story-of-ten-years-after-from-woodstock-to-the-world
Wow Paul , That is so cool , He was an incredible talent & was the group . Alvin passed away so young from complications from post surgery, is that correct ? An amazing guitarist & singer & also the band members were amazing. The lyrics are still relevant to this day , that says a lot about the talent from the 60’s & 70’s. Rip ❤️🙏😔
Jamel, the last thing we wanted was to still have to be asking these questions all these years later. Every generation tries so hard to do what seems right. We tried and tried and tried. It's heartbreaking; but it gives me hope that you're reviving the music *and* the intention to make things better. Peace and love to you always.
This tune is planted in my 67 year old memory. I had forgotten how the great Alvin Lee and Ten Years After music were. This song was and is so relevant. Thanks for the reminder.
I must have been in elementary school the first time I heard this song, but 50 years later it still gives me goosebumps. One of the most amazing and meaningful songs ever written.
People in the comments talking about the "message" and how music had "message" way back when. Well, the message was OK, lyrics are OK, but do you actually appreciate what a GODDAMN MUSICAL MASTERPIECE this is? This is where Alvin Lee connected with every guitar player in existence. Awfully clever structure, terrifyingly touching crescendo with a stunning solo. One of the top top songs from the 70s. Stairway to Heaven's got NOTHING on this.
@@asmith7876 I've heard Stairway sooo many times I'm sick of it and I never really liked it...but, as you say, it's opinion (and I have been reminded many times, when I've voiced my opinion:"There's no accounting for taste!" lol)
I'm sure I won't be the only one to recommend this next one by Ten Years After... "I'm Going Home" live at Woodstock. Epic guitar shredding, and just a fun rocking tune. You'll love it!
I enjoy your reactions so much. I’m 72 years young and I thought I had lived through the worst times in our nation. These last four years have shown me that I was wrong. I have a need to do better. Last week a kitty was walking with a man to the neighborhood convenience store. I was at the stop light and I pulled into the store’s parking lot and handed the man some cash and told him to buy the kitty some food. I took out local fire department some doughnuts because the put out a fire that was very close to my home. We can change the world with kindness and letting people know they are appreciated. You are appreciated Jamel.
54, and I remember the end of Vietnam (dad was a Marine there) and Nixon. The Reagan "trickle down".... now Trump? We voted the right guy in now though.
Carol, I am 41 and could not be more grateful to my father who raised me on the greatest music ever made. Mostly British Invasion bands, but many many other legends. First, show I saw at less than 10 years old was The Who at the Los Angeles Colosseum. It’s on me now to pass the love of these songs to my sons.
Carol, I'm Keith Olsen, an Evangelist, I love your story of caring about the smallest of things in our daily lives, It maters to touch peoples lives, you seem to be a very kind person, I will pray for you Carol Smith!
I have always loved the excellent guitar work in this song. As an "expert" air guitar player, I keep going back and forth between the lead and I guess rhythm guitar. All the parts blend together to make a perfect song and as you pointed out, it is as meaningful today as it was back when it was written.
That song is actually by Nick Lowe, a good friend of Elvis’s and a fine songwriter in his own right. I love Elvis Costello - I’ve seen him in concert a half-dozen times at least and read his autobiography - but I’ve always thought it’s ironic that song became a huge hit for him because most of his songs are so caustic.
@@matthewdrake4385 Absolutely. I love it. It's just funny that he is known for this song when it's so far out of his wheelhouse (especially early in his career). But then again, maybe that is part of what makes it so effective and why he recorded it. If Elvis Costello, who sang most of his songs with a sneer, is asking the question, then that says something.
When I saw this reaction pop up in my feed I said to myself “Jamel is going to LOVE this one” It’s right up your alley brother, as a good person who wants to change the world as well as a person who loves some sweet guitar licks... I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today, you are 1 million % correct when you say we have to come together or we will fall. Unfortunately the people in the ivory tower ONLY do things to divide us. They divide us into races, they divide us into political groups, they divide us based on religion and it goes on and on. Ironically I think social media is a huge part of the problem, but then there are people like you on here and I see that really and truly we all want the same thing, to love and to be loved. Music brings everyone together, regardless of what group they’ve decided you belong in. Keep up the good fight brother 🤘👍
"I’m 55 and I’ve never seen this nation as divided as we are today," If you were 65 (I'm 68) you would have. 1968 is still the king for a disrupted year.
eddie willers Im sure, I’m a student of history and although I was only 3 at the time I am well aware of the turmoil of that crazy time. How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH
@@pappyoutdoors9736 "How much worse would it have been if “they” had Facebook and a 24 hr a day news cycle to manipulate us with like they do now! SMH" True that.
@Itsamre Cantuc "A person can't do anything under hypnosis that they wouldn't do otherwise. " No...but we can be brainwashed. That's been known and practiced as long as humans have been on earth. As FireHiker667 pointed out, though, with "social media" it came be accomplished more widely, more quickly than ever before. Our 'Lords of the Realm' are now the oligarchs who run the Tech companies.
There's nothing "good" about having the state forcibly remove money from successful people, and giving it to selected people whom it doesn't belong. The character in the second verse of the song is just as ignorant as the character in the first verse.
Bill M, it’s all about balance. Increasing income inequality will result in revolution and chaos. I don’t want that. Hard work and contributions to the community do need to be rewarded. It’s when having money is rewarded more than being productive that I worry. I’m more of a historian than an economist, so the chorus “ I’d love to change the world, but don’t know what to do” resonates with me. All I know is that people with hope for the future are not suicide bombers.
@@geezerbill "Let them die then, and reduce the surplus population!" Yeah, that's Ebeneezer Scrooge, just who you sound like. Dickens' social commentary outed libertarian sociopaths back in the 19th century...social media lets you out yourself now.
@@kenbowser5622 You hit the nail on the head. People most certainly have tried, every generation, to stop the tearing down of people and nature and cause real and permanent changes in people so they could stop normalizing the destruction of everyone, everything. However, there are people better at separating us now, they can make uneducated and the fearful believe, X is out to get them, trendy and ignorant is easier, just work hard at whatever and believe that's all there is, political parties fight over being right, proving the other guy is wrong but don't seem to realize they work for us, a real country full of real people. But then we allow it and behave as if we are all from somewhere else or openly hate each other and the country in which we live as if other countries want us or are pulling for us. These days it's common for people to say no one before they did anything. A good way to remain ignorant, point fingers but actually do nothing. There are people who really work on it, really make progress in their communities and beyond, and They are the ones who deserve the limelight. A lot of us "old heads" say to each other, why are they working so hard at echoing, how did the ignorant get hold of the wheel and why is no one taking from their hands?
This song was buried deep in my memory, hadn't listened to this in maybe 30 years. Then my 23 year old daughter played it yesterday and I can't take it out of my mind. I just looked for it on YT and found your video, Jamel. Thank you for sharing this, I love what you do. Keep on spreading positive vibes !! ☮
I'm a little 30 years french man, and I wanted to thank you for your peaceful and your joy that you give me everyday ! I can to request you the first Ten Years After that i've heard the title is "I'm goin' home" it's a live version from woodstock ! Thank you again man, stay safe take care about you. Peace on you from France 🙏🏻
Peace to you my friend, I grew up with this kind of music and it's SO applicable today as it was back then. I've tried to live my life telling people why I do what I do and why not. I can try to educate others, but I won't tell them how to live. Actions DO speak louder than words and have their rewards and consequences.
People say nothing ever changes. We keep repeating the same mistakes. Yes we do. But we also keep trying to change...because we Hope to do better! Don’t lose Hope! I’d Love To Change The World! ✌🏻❤️🙏
OH. MY. I haven’t heard this song in 40+ years, how gloriously... transcendental to experience once again. For me, the lyrics invoke how so many of us felt at that very particular point in time: pie in the sky hope existed alongside an overwhelming sense of empathy that was fully tempered by personal insecurity and fear. The 60’s & 70’s left with us a sense of empowerment, yet after the dust settled, we soon realized the powerlessness of our reality. Och, I did not articulate that well at all. In hindsight I see so much, as Humankind will forever realize. I’m babbling at this point, yet what I wrote about how I felt as a 15 yr old female makes perfect sense to my 60+ year old self. Yes, these songs are relevant JamelJamal, and dare I say--prescient. Thank you so much for posting.
That was a beautiful example of perfectly coherent "babbling." It captured the juxtaposition that was/is reality for many of us. The curtain drawn reveals the truth, which is both empowering and overwhelming, giving hope, empathy, recognition and intolerance of large-scale stupidity, and deep confusion. So many feelings all at once. The 60's and early '70's really was something else - something new to humankind. You captured it well.
This is one of the greatest songs ever, in my opinion. I love to see how you're digging deeper into the 60´s, cause not only is the most actual, also the best music ever made, no question. I am also 40 years old, and have found that the best way to change the world, is to participate the least possible in it.
There is no "easy" button to change the world. We all need to do what we can. THANK YOU for being a good human. As you do what you do you change part of the world for the better.
Nailed it. Alvin Lee was famous for his very fast playing but not recognized enough for his deeply soulful playing. His playing on this song makes me cry a bit, I must admit. His playing cries, pleads, searches for how to change the world, amplifying the words. Gets me every time, cuz every time I listen closer to his playing and hear more in his playing.
Jamal, I grew up listening to this and many other bands of the late 60s and early 70s. This was a time when love your brother met something to so many people of the counter culture generations. The music shows this in just about every bands words. The news always came in showing the hard line goverment and the elder generations ways of hate, war and conquest. LOVE is the only way brother. Love what you do man!!!
Another relevant song, I don't know if you reacted to this one yet, buffalo springfield "for what it's worth". Keep these going. Your doing a big part.
I agree. Jamal is healing a lot of people with these reaction videos. I hope he realizes. I wish there was a happy tears emoji that wasn’t laughing. Hubz and I will drop a ❤️ instead. Thank you, sir. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🎵
Jamal, I make this comment always after watcing your reaction. I am an old OLD woman, watcing you react to the music I grew on, grew up on is way cool. You get it, especially how this music is still so revelant today. And just I feel so blessed to have had this music in my life growing up.
This is smack dab in the middle of the Vietnam war ! Ten Years After was at Woodstock. You gotta watch “I’m going home “at Woodstock by Ten Years After that’s epic Alvin Lee .
I am almost 60 yo. I grew up in Norway with this music presented from my 2 older brothers. Ten Years After has always been a part of my childhood and after. Together with Little Feat and Jimi Hendix. True Legends all of those bands 50 years ago. Love from Norway!
You know my friend I am the age of 62 and Music was the way that we forgot about what the world was doing at that time.we had the Vietnam war and things were a mess. But our bands always got together and put it through Music to Us and made us all forget. That’s what needs to happen today. Where are all the good bands that can make us forget? God bless you! Love your Videos!!
You cannot change the whole world but you can change the world of a single person with a kind word or helping hand every day of your life. THAT is do-able.
Господи,как приятно читать эти комментарии,разделяющие моё мнение в абсолюте.Спасибо вам,мои незнакомые друзья,такие далёкие и такие близкие по духу.Я из Украины, у нас идет страшная война и эта песня сегодня для меня особенно актуальна...Я плачу и надеюсь,что моей стране не дадут погибнуть.Спасибо всем,кто любит TYA так,как люблю их я.....
Wow Jamel, had to shed some tears on this one. It just really got to me how we are no closer to figuring out our problems from when this song was made. Thank you for your words, they mean a lot.
'I'd love to change the World, but I don't know what to do, so I leave it up to youuuu' .........still as haunting as the first time I heard it, in the 70's. PS: Your the first REACTIONS person I ever watched. A 66 yr old from San Francisco.
i went to a Ten Years After concert at a small club across the street from the beach in Huntington Beach CA in 1968 -- they were so good they just about exploded the place.
My three favourite Woodstock performances: The Who, Sly & the Family Stone......and Ten Years After, "This's called 'I'm Going Home'...." I tried and tried to play like that. Finally realized, just sit back and listen; it's magic.
Reportedly, Alvin Lee was brought into a theater to watch the rushes from Woodstock - specifically, the section of film where Ten Years After had been recorded. (For those that don't know, "rushes" are early copies of a section of film, often used to decide whether to continue or re-shoot). When he watched himself on the screen, he couldn't remember playing the music. All he could say was "Wow". The song performed at Woodstock, "I'm Going Home" is actually a medley, including parts of (at least) "Blue Suede Shoes", "Mean Woman Blues" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". IMO, it is the hottest 10 minutes of guitar in rock history. It's just too bad that they weren't there to remember what they did.
Alvin Lee guitar, Joe Bonamassa bought Alvi Lee's guitar and has played on some of his live songs. This band was good been listening to 10 years after for a long time. Alvin Lee was an amazing guitarists.
@@kennethlatham3133 Trying to play it on harmonica since 1969 has made me pretty good on a harp. One of these days I'm going to nail it, wheezily, admittedly, but the rest of the old boys in the band will come together to cover. Same with that Norton Buffalo harp solo in "Fanny Mae" on Steve Miller's first album. Mayall's "Room To Move" and Charlie Musselwhite's influence, and trying to play Mike Bloomfield on harmonica ("Albert's Shuffle" really does sound good with a Special 20). Then, take out half your teeth and you have one unique sound on the harp.
